Salisbury treatment plant gets repair funds, but problems persist

Failed upgrades at Fitzwater Street plant at issue

9:14 PM,
May 8, 2013

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Maryland officials have set aside nearly $25 million to fix the city's sewage treatment plant and greatly reduce a key source of Chesapeake Bay pollution.

But the saga over the failed upgrades at the Fitzwater Street plant continues.

The company ordered last November to pay the city $2 million over the failed construction project has appealed the Wicomico County Circuit Court decision. In addition to ratcheting up the city's attorney fees, the move leaves a question mark hanging over a large sum of money that could have immediately helped offset the $58.8 million cost of the second upgrade ...